prefecture of Japan

first level subdivision of Japan
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prefecture of Japan

Summary

prefecture of Japan is a designation for an administrative territorial entity of a single country[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of designation_for_an_administrative_territorial_entity_of_a_single_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,516 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • prefecture of Japan is in the country of Japan[3].
  • prefecture of Japan's head of government is recorded as Governor (Japan)[4].
  • prefecture of Japan's instance of is recorded as designation for an administrative territorial entity of a single country[5].
  • prefecture of Japan's instance of is recorded as Enumeration of 47[6].
  • prefecture of Japan's capital is recorded as list of prefectural capitals in Japan[7].
  • prefecture of Japan's main regulatory text is recorded as Local Autonomy Act[8].
  • prefecture of Japan's flag is recorded as prefectural flag of Japan[9].
  • prefecture of Japan's legislative body is recorded as prefectural assemblies of Japan[10].
  • prefecture of Japan's executive body is recorded as prefectural government[11].
  • prefecture of Japan's coat of arms is recorded as emblems of prefectures of Japan[12].
  • prefecture of Japan is a type of administrative territorial entity of Japan[13].
  • prefecture of Japan is a type of first-level administrative division[14].
  • prefecture of Japan is a type of prefecture[15].
  • prefecture of Japan is a type of region[16].
  • prefecture of Japan is a type of ordinary local public entity[17].
  • prefecture of Japan's Commons category is recorded as Prefectures of Japan[18].
  • prefecture of Japan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prefectures of Japan[19].
  • prefecture of Japan's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+47'}[20].
  • prefecture of Japan's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+305'}[21].
  • prefecture of Japan's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+75'}[22].
  • prefecture of Japan's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+38'}[23].
  • prefecture of Japan's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q75085290[24].
  • prefecture of Japan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • prefecture of Japan's replaces is recorded as han[26].
  • prefecture of Japan's replaces is recorded as tenryō[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include designation for an administrative territorial entity of a single country[5] and Enumeration of 47[6]. Recorded subclass of include administrative territorial entity of Japan[13], first-level administrative division[14], prefecture[15], region[16], and ordinary local public entity[17].

Why It Matters

prefecture of Japan ranks in the top 5% of designation_for_an_administrative_territorial_entity_of_a_single_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,516 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Local Autonomy Act. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for eponymous categories Q73549218
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6186]]: [[Q73549218]]"
  2. 27d ago · Circeus · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms emblems of prefectures of Japan
    Used by Q140498760
    Replaces han, tenryō
    Executive body prefectural government
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1535]]: [[Q140498760]]"
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